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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-07-09
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.

In making any sauce put the but
ter and flour in together, and your
sauce will never be lumpy.
Grained wood should be washed
with cold tea, and then, after being
wiped dry, rubbed with linseed oil.
Ordinary carriage varnish is a
good cement for broken china, and if
the pieces be joined neatly, the frac-
ture will hardly be perceptible.
To produce good gloss on liner,
pour a pint of boiling water on two
ounces of gum arabic, cover, and let
stand over night; add spoonful to
the starch.
To remove kerosene from a carpet,
lay blotters or soft brown paper over
the spot, and presswith warm iron.
Repeat with fresh papers until spot
is removed.
A small quantity Of vinegar added
to the water in whicA pink or green
calicoes are rinsed will brig hten
them, Soda is used for the same
purpose for blue and purple.
Unsightly cracks in mirrors may
be entirely concealed by painting q
spray of flowers in such way that
the crack may serve as vine or
long stem, and so completely hide
the defect.
To prevent flies from lighting on
and speaking windows, make a
strong infusion by boiling smartweed
for few moments in water when
cold apply to glass, and for twenty
four hours it is quite effectual in
keeping flies away.
One of our lady contributors says,
"for carpet bugs use nothing but tur-
pentine. | have been overrun with
them, and have tried to exterminate
them by using salt, insect powder,
kerosene, benzine, camphor corrosive
snblimate, and in fact everything ]
have heard or read of, but to no
avail. Finally / tried turpentine,
and am about rid of the carpet bug.
Sprinkle the paper under the carpet
with it, and after sweeping take one
half cup turpentine to apail of warm
water, and go over the carpet with a
cloth. 1t is also q good plan to
sprinkle the paper in the bottom of
bureau drawers and trunks with tur-
pentine, and you will soon find that
the festive carpet bug is no more"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-07-09
BuokIens Arnica SaIve.

The BEST SALyG ia the world for cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, salt Rheum Fever,
Sores letter, Chapped Hands, Chlblains
Corns and all SKIN Eruotions, and positive
y cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect. satisfaction or
money refandei. Price q GEMS per box.
For sale by E. Q, Williams, Jr., q Bro.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-07-09
Pith and Point.

The author who wrote "There is
beauty in extreme old age" proba-
blv never tackled an over nursed
egg.
There are very few brass bands in
a military parade that can play as
many airs as the drum-major puts
on.
True happiness, my son, consists
in finding that you have paid So for
an article exactly like that for which
your friend had to pay three and a
quarter the day before.
1t is but step from the sublime
to the ridiculous; and the Sunday
night young man is apt to take it
when her father comes in impetu-
ously at halfpast eleven o'clock.
Smith-'sThat cough will get you
into trouble if you don't get rid of
IT," Jones-''How so p Smith
"You bark so much the police will
arrest you for not having dog IL.
cense.n
Disgruntled people should hest
tate before they go in with a club to
hit the editor. The man who is all
the time putting heads on copy may
possibly have learned how to put a
head on an unwelcome visitor.
First Saleswoman-''Of all the ar
rogant, disagreeable people | ever
waited on that WOMAN is the worst.
/ wonder who she is Yo Second
Why, that's Mrs.
Chip. She used 90 tend at the
same counter with me before she
was married"
Clara-"Can it be, Dolly, that you
Sre to marry Mr.. Smith, after say
ing to me SO repeatedly that you
could not endure himp' Dolly
"The truth is, Clara dear, that until
! heard that his aunt had died ,leav-
ing him a fortune, | was deceived in
my own feelings toward him"
Omaha Dame-"Qf all things !
Mr.. Blank, the dry goods man, has
bought that beautiful house across
the way" Omaha Mantle can
we'll afford to. He is worth mil
lion" "Why, who left it to him 7"
"Nobody. He made it ia his bust
ness" Il don't see how. He's al
ways selling goods below cost "
Omaha Druggist-"That was a
strange blunder in Washington,
wasn't it ?" Kansas Druggist-"I
didn't hear of it," "Yon didn't?
Why, prominent druggist there
killed himself by taking drink of
aconite in mistake for whiskey"
"Well, he ought to have known bet.
ter than to keep drugs in his stock
A New Haven jeweler has brought
suit for $4,000 damages against
local paper for charging him with
using bad grammer. If he wins his
case, we may expect to hear of all
the amateur poets and other news
paper writer's, who have their con-
tributions rejected because of loose
grammar and bad spelling, bringing
suit against editors for $4,000 dam
ages. If the editor has large CIR
culation, it would be cheaper to pay
the $4,000 than to insert some of
~ 1 n
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-07-09

Paris claims to have $4,000, 600
rats.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18

An anti-slang club has large
membership at FORT Worth, Tex.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
THE PEOPLES INCOME.
Annual Earnings of the Principal Nations
of the World.

OF the hOrlO
The aim of all labor is the income it
brings. 1t is the harvest of work. It
follows the clearing, the plowing, the.
sowing, the cultivating. 1t is the reap
ing.
The United States leads all the na--
tions of the world in the amount of the.
gross earnings of the people.
1t has attained this position among
the nations of the world in a remark
ably short time. A century ago the
United States was feeble nation on
the coast line of new and distant CON-
tinent. 1t exported little tobacco
and few hides, and produced enough
at home for the people to live well, but.
it cut no figure among the nations Of.
the world as a nation with an income
But since that time the activity, the
enterprise. the genius of the people,
pushed it forward until it overlook the
older nations of Europe one by one,-
and finally led them all in the aim OF
all people-incOme.
Mulhall's table showing the annual
earnings of the principal nations of the b.
world for 1880. demonstrates that the.
United States stands at the head:
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
WORTH CONSIDERING.
Sengibie Suggestions for the Authorities
of Villages and Summer Resorts.

Sensible Suggestions for the Authorities
of Villages and Summer Resorts.
~ wish there was a committee on
names appointed for every town." said
a young lady recently-'a committee
whose duty it should be to see that not
only streets. but AL the hills and ponds
and roads of the vicinity, had suitable
names given to them, or old ones pre-
served. Then there would be fewer
that were either very ugly or absurdly
romantic, and, above all. there would
not be such constant repetition"
She then proceeded to argue in favor
of the establishment of this novel COM
mittee. 1t was positively exasperating,
she declared, to go into the country,
summer after summer, and find in every
place she visited the same regulation
list of names! She did not believe she
had ever stayed in village that had
net its Sunset Hill. Usually there was
Willow Brook besides, and Mirror
Lake. and she considered herself fortu-
nate if she did not have to be shown a
Rainbow Fall and Crystal Spring.
and, perhaps, Smugglers Cave.
As for the Lovers Lane, Lovers Dell
and Lovers Leap. she was so tired of
them that it would really seem a.pleas-
ant variety to take an evening stroll
along Higginbotham road. to see the
Red Cows Jump by moonlight
Then there was the DEVILS Den; but
why Pulpit, Basin, Bridge. Bowling
alley and Punch-bowl. all with the
same uDpleasing prefix? At least, how
ever. these places were named after
somebody that the people believed in;
and when it wasn't DEVILS Den, it was
sure to be Elfn Grotto, which was a
great deal sillier. Who ever heard of
even a young and imaginative Ameri-
can that believed in elves? And why
should dark, damp. dirty cave be
called grotto--a name which suggests
Capri, and the magic of azure air and
glittering wall?
The young lsdy's idea is hardly
likely to be realized; but the matter of
names is worth considering. and it
would be well il the authorities of our
expanding villages and summer resorts.
that seem to spring up in u night. would
avoid affecting the landscape with any
more devils. smugglers, elves and
fairies. Youths Companion.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
POPULAR BELIEFS.
Common Myths Which Still Have a Large
Number of Adnerents.

-
Number of Adherents.
Ignorant folk, wonder-mongers and
even scientific observers have dissent
mated many erroneous and exaggerated
notions which are not readily eradi-
Gated. We are still told. for instance.
of the Norwegian melstrom, a fright
full whirling chasm in the sea capable of
sucking down the largest ships, though
in reality this fearful "whirlpool' is
simply run of the tide through a
sloping channel, is rarely dangerous,
and then chiefly on account of the
rocks on which it may draw vessels.
Sir John Herschel gave his indorse-
ment to the statement that stars may
he seen in the daytime from the bottom
of a well, but this has been proven to
be an error by tests from a shaft nearly
half a mile deep. Mr.. John Murdoch
has recently shown that the Esquimaux
do not, as textbooks of physiology
affirm, doze through their long winter
night, keeping up their bodily heat by
enormous meals of raw blubber and
lamp-oil, but that their winter life is
active, their food mostly cooked and
their consumption of oil not excessive
A still widely-accepted belief is that the
hair-snake is wonderful transforma-
ton of a horses hair when kept in
water, though these odd creatures
(known to science as Gordius GqIGti-
csls) really grow from eggs, and in
early stages inhabit the bodies of in
sects. A very old idea. without foun-
dation in fact, is that crocodiles shed
mournful tears, while stories of toads
imprisoned in solid rock are numerous
and supported by much evidence. but
have probably resulted from imperfect
observation. Accounts of the germina-
ton of grain from the mummy pits of
Egypt have arisen from deception prac-
ticed by the Arabs in placing fresh
seeds with the belongings of the num-
mics. Though now known to be incor-
rect, the inference that the moon influ-
ences the weather is verT natural one
to unframed observers, and is far
less absurd than a thousand vagaries
that gain credence, such as the drop
ping of live reptiles from the clouds,
the election of live snakes and other
creatures from the human stomach.
the localization of water bya forked
stick, the extinguishment of fire by
sunshine, etc--ArkansdU Traveller.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
ABILENE REFLECTOR
POOR PAPA.

Who slaves all day with main and might
And comes home weary, worn and whits,
To walk a squalling babe all night?
Poor Papa
Who has TO hear q tired wife
Recount the petty woes and strife
That constitute a woman's life?
Poor Papa
Who has to go without new clothes
To keep his tots in shoes and hose
And dress his daughters having beauxf
Poor Papa
Who's tortured by the endless noise
p OF half dozen romping boys
That ali his peace at home sestroys'
@ Poor Papa
Who's told the coal and -four are out;
Who wishes he was, too, no doubt.
And, when he tries, is put to rout.
Poor Papa
Who groans when bills come IN to pay
For some thing needed every day;
Who can not lay cent away?
Poor Papa
Who thinks he was fool to wed,
And who. If his dear wife was dead,
Would get another quick instead!
Poor Papa.
Who. il he hadn't married, would
Be minus home and health so good
And end his days in solitude?
Poor Papa.
And who will have, when he gets old,
Protecting arms Of love to fold
Around him-worth far mcrc than goldf
Rich Papa.
IL C. Dodge, in Go0ddLEs Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
FOR FARMERS WIVES.
How They Can Contribute a Fair Share
to the Family Income.

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to the Family Income.
Farmers wives are probably as much
in need of money as any other class of
women. To such, then, the discovery
of any way of adding to their pin
money is a desirable discovery. While
not new thing, planting small
fruits is doubtless new to a great many
women who have abundant opportunity
to try it. That it is fully feasible to a
great many. needs only a trial to prove.
Evidently the thing most needed now
by women sis to learn how to be
healthy, strong, good-tempered and
helpful" educating not only the brain,
but also the whole being as well. All
women can not marry and be the help
less idol of an indulgent husband.
Some will not marry, and many who
do must be a willing help-meet.
Outdoor work is not to be despised
by women, for it is positively necessary
to health and happiness. Of all the
pursuits now followed by women there
is perhaps no other that offers more or
greater inducements, or for which she
is naturally better qualified. than the
growing of small fruits.
There is no more money-making crop
than fruit when rightly managed, and
strawberries. raspberries, gooseberries,
currants and grapes can each be made
to yield rich harvest. Only a small
plot of ground is necessary for begin
ming, increasing the area as means are
afforded.
Almost any woman can do much of
the work herself, even though not very
strong. She can set the plants and
gather the fruit and get it 1rady for
market. Much depends on the way it
is prepared.
II, in addition to raising fine berries,
they are set off to advantage by careful
packing and a tasteful arrangement Of
green leaves, they will sell more read
ily. When berries are cheap she can
with her own hands make them into
jams, jellieS. marmalade, ETC., to be sold
later, even if sold at a very small profit.
Women do not despise the minutest
matters, artl the study of the botany Of
plants, of birds and insects, injurious
and otherwise, will all receive their
careful attention.
The example we have had of women
who have tried the experiment show
that they are eminently successful rails
ing the finest fruit, arranging it in the
most tasteful manner and receiving the
highest market price for their products
The net profits from the sale of small
fruits by two young ladies in California
last year, one of whom was consump-
tive when she began, amounted to the
handsome sum of $4,000.
1t is but few years since they began
the experiment, and beside accumu-
lating a fortune, they have what is
better, a comfortable home of their OWE
and complete restoration to health.
The growing of small fruits on
small scale is especially recommended
to those married women who can obtain
small plot of ground for the purpose.
who feel the desire so common among
women for pecuniary independence.
To the growing of small fruits might be
added a few stands of bees. which al
most any woman can care for, thua
adding to her income and placing her
in a position to realize comparative in
Colorado Farmer.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

If friends ask you to discover their
faults beware, or you will discover you
have no friends.
A helping word to one in trouble
is often like switch on a railroad track
but one inch between wreck and
smoOth-rolling prosperity.
The coffee crop of the world for
last year was 650,000 tons, and of this
amount American hotels probably used
about 100 pounds by accident.
Mrs. De Society-.'What lovely
baby that is we just passed." Mrs. De
FashiOn-'Yes. it is mine" 'Indeed?"
20, I'm sure of it. l recognized the
nurse. "-Omaha World.
One of the most mournful things in
nature must always be the inevitable
tendency of the young man in love to
imagine himself u poet. Boston Jour-
nal of Education.
Whatever the newspaper of the
future may be, it will never be what
woman wants it to be until it is wholly
made up of love verses, deaths and
marriages, and dry goods advertise
ments.-BoSton journal of Education.
No more wholesome advice than
this can be given those upon whom for
tune has smiled: However rich you
may be. do not make pleasure the aim
and object of life: it will wear you out
faster than work. or even worry.
g. 7 Ill t.
Those who aim at ridicule
Should tix upon some certain rule
Which fairly hints they are in Jest"
Jonathan Strih.
Woman is displaying a remark
able aptitude for taking care of herself, -"
says an exchange. What is wanted is
not so much a woman who can take
care of herself as one who can. in addi-
ton, take care of husband and three
children in fairly good style.-Phila-
deiphid Call.
First Young Lady-"Who are those
people you bowed to. Mamie?" Second
Ditto-.'O, don't you know themF
That's Mrs. Montalembert and her hus-
band" Have they any children?"
w uot dh luC1. w,
indeed! They are real stylish people. "
Boston Transcript.
Why are our public roads called
highways? They are generally much
lower than the surrounding and bor-
dering land, being worn and washed to
gullies where they are not naturally
swamps. They are high only in the
sense that they cost much more than
they are worth under the present
system.-Petersburg VA lnder Ap-
peal.
"A Quaker, from the country. went
into city bookstore. and one of the
clerks, thinking to have little fun at
his expense, said to him: "You are
from the country, are you not?" Yes"
answered the Quaker. "Well, here's
an essay on the rearing of calves that
you would probably like to buy"
That said the Quaker. ''thee had
better present to thy motherr'-M o.
Ledger.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18

Yes, Tom is a good fellow enough,
but nc don't know his mind" '.Doesn' I
he? Well. I'm sure he is to ne con-
graduated. Those who DO know it
haven't much TO say in its favor -
Boston transcript.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18

Thompson ''Jones seems to be
very popular. wonder what's the
reason?'' Johnson-"It's all. due to
the way he greets a man." "Yes?'
mine times out of ten he says: Let's
have something Pittsburgh Dis
patch
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-18

The above table shows the reward.
that each nation receives for the labor
that its people put forth. It is one of
the most important showings that can
be made.-SaH francisco Clsronicye
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-10
Notice to LienhoIdsrs.

NoTfcEis HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
1N undersigned has commenced an action ID
tho Justice oourt 81 Phoebe Township, Lincoln
County, State OF Nevada. in which action thc
nndcrnigned IN plaintiff and Msyaowsr Silver
Mining Company, Ohio mine and Comet
mine arc defendants, which action Il
brouehtto enforce lioE In favor Of plain,ln
AID agninst defendants, upon thu following
described property and premises, nifunind IN
Bristol Whining District. Lincoln County E3la,s
q Nevada, TO wit The properly known ~ the
Mayiiowernine. insaid 1istrict ontainIns enc.
dollars. gold coin, and IN claimed hinder
and by virtue ofAn Act II Tho Icw,s
!ature OF the State OF Nevada, entitled
IAN Act TO secure liens TO mechanics
ena others ,nndto repenlallothrrA Acts fn rels.
lion thereto. approved March I'd, 1875. Nov.
ssnsreiore, al perHons having holding or claim.
IN hons upon snid premises under the rrovis.
IONS OF said Act are hereby notified 10 10 aud
s, w, before said conrf on tho l7th dsy Of
.rxoprnAry, 4. d. 1889, ~ 10 O'clock A. w., and
proof therNof.
ia7ta MARX nHuRrnH. rIapAoIaA.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-10
Application for IA Patent

NO. ISL.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT A. $40.
IN MAHoN and J. L.. RouTzoSG, whose
postoiicc address Is Bnllionvilie, iAncoli,
county, Nevada. has this day filed their appica.
tion for patent for fifteen hundred linear feet
Of the magnolia" mine or vein bearing silver,
with surface ground ak hundred feet in width
situated IN Highland Mining District, Comfy IL
Lincoln and State OF Neycda, and designated by
the field notes and Official plat on iiie in this
Office "a lot No. 81, located on unsurynyed landg
The exterior boundaries OF said lot No 81 being
as follows. to wit.
Begining at q post marked No. |, Il anrvoy
No. 81. whence the Mcndha brick ainohastnck.
marked u 3 mineral monument No. l, bearn
10 n dog n 3l25 feet. This amokestack ia about
rs feet high and foet square nj the hase. The
main shaft In this claim bears N SO dog W sO2
feet. Tho notice monument stands feet north
Of tho center OF the shaft. thence running, ist
course, = n deg W 1900 feet, TO post married.
No. 2, u 4 survey No. 81. thence, I'd courpe N
10 deg W 600 feet, to post marhck M. y. Il g
survey No. 81; thence. 81 course, N n dcp u
1900 fcct, to pest marked No. 4, u $ survey No.
OF, and thence, lth course, 10 deg 600 feet, 10
post No. /. the place OF beginning; containing
40 Ge-1n0 acres. Posts Nos. ! and stand in the
original location monuments. Posts Nos. . and
stand about ~ feet enetcrly Of the original To-
cation monuments. Magnetic variation. 10 do
grecs cast.
Tho location Of this mine liz recorded in tho
Recorders Office OF Lincoln county, Nevada. In
book OF mining notices. This claiIa II
bounded on tho east and west by extensions Of
this 1ode--nafaes unknown--And on the north
and south by no known claims. Any and ali
persons claiming adversely AM portion Of said
Magnolia mine or surface ground are required
to fils their adverse claims with the Register Of
tho United States Land Once 81 Eurek, in the
State Of Nevada, during tho sixty days period Of
publication hereof, or they will be barred by
virtue Of the provisions OF tho stntrte.
y. II. iiINCKLEY, Register.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-10


knreka, Seyads. August ath. lsss
Nj Office Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT i. j IL
N BRETON, whose pestofieo address IL snu
fnpcisco, California, has this day filed MI
application for patent for three shonsand Iiucs,
feet Of the PANAUKER mine or vein hsnrino
silver, with surface ground SIX hundred fcas
IN width, situated in Ely Mining District. commit
OF Lincoln and State of Nevada, and desirpssedd
" the feld otes and oficial plat on dle In this
ONCE - lot No. 80, In Township l, North Range
g. EAT q Mount Diabio meridian. Said lot
No. 90 being bounded as follows, 70 wit;
Beginning at . post marked No n. Il i Sprves
No. 30, whence the one-quarter scction corne,
on south boundary OF section 70, III. II ~ n
boarf 8. 81 deg 10 min W Gao feet, MISC p,1st Ns
2. la No. 3s. bears 80 deg . II fett. Thence
feet. to post marked No 2, u survey M no.
thence, I'd course, N 10 deg 80 min " DO faet
to post marked No. o, U survey No 3a srn,n
which the aW corner OF See ~ bears 4 10 deo M
min WET 4-l0 feet; thence, Sd course, N Vi iec
z min 1900 feet, tp post marked No a, d h
survey No ~; thence, 4th COURSE, 4 "A deg IA
min Il go feet. to post marked No /. the rIaca
Of beginning, containing Al Ja-1oD acros MAJ.
netie variation 16 deg East.
This claim IL bounded by no known clainos
the nearest being tho "Silver'' mining claim'
owned by Q. II. PAtchen.
ANY and Nil persons claiming advereelv npv
portion Of the said ssPanacker'' mine or arrs.cs
ground are required to file their Al yerse ~ ~
with the Register Of the United States land
once at Eureka, and State of Nevada. during
the sixty days period of publication hereof
or they VIII BY barred by virtue OF the provis.
F.H. HINCELRy. lteaister
II 10 hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
~ application for patent be published for thc
period Of ten consecutive weeks in the piocbe
n y as,u - weekly newspaper Published At
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